Shoe-last.



P. COTE.

SHOE LAST.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2. 1911.-

1,244,472. Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

Altox neys i 1 I ST TENT omen.

SHOE-LAST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

Application filed January 2, 1917. Serial No. 140,078.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Pnosrnn 0613 1, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at St. Hyacinthe, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Lasts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

description of the invenclear, and exact enable others skilled in the tion, such as will art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to shoe lasts.

The object of my invention is to provide a last, comprising two or more parts arranged together so that the last may be extended longitudinally and the parts locked to prevent movement with relation to each other; and which may be unlocked to permit shortening of the length of the last and to permit a rocking movement of one part with relation to the other when the last is shortened.

My invention consists of the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein illustrated, described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, I have illustrated a form of embodiment of my invention, in which drawings similar reference characters designate corresponding parts and in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through the last showing the locking parts in elevation and in unlocked and shortened position;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through the last, showing the locking parts in elevation and in locked and extended or lengthened position;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the movable looking member; and,

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the fixed locking member.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates the toe member and 2 the heel member of a two-part last or form upon which shoes are built or may be placed. The toe member 1 at its rear end is provided with a vertical slot 1 and the heel member 2 is provided at its front end with a corresponding vertical slot 2, to receive the locking and securing means hereinafter described.

The toe member 1 at its rear end is provided with a rounded bearing face 3 and the heel member 2 at its front end is provided with a corresponding rounding bearing seat 4, to permit a rocking movement of the heel I member 2,

'tained in that position member with relation to the toe member. The heel member 2 is provided withia recess 5 to receive an ordinary form of handle.

Disposed in the recess 2 of the heel member 1 is a plate 6, fixed in position by means of an upper pin 7 and'a lower pin 8 which pass through the i an upper hole 9 and a lower hole 10 in the plate 6 and fix it with relation to the heel ing therefrom and member. I

6 is provided. with a central The plate v slot 11, and an arcuate slot 12 which is coninto the slot 1 of the toe tinned into a peripheral sldt 13, for the purposes hereinafter described.

A movable plate 14 is disposed on the plate 6 so that a hole 15 therein registers with the hole 10 which receives the lower pin 8 and is pivotally retained in position by the pin, so as to permit a slight rocking movement plate 6. I

The plate 14 is provided with a central opening 16, to permit its rocking movement, a pin 17 being disposed through the toe member 1 extending through the slot 11 of the plate 14 and through the opening 16. The plate 14 is further provided with a looking edge 18, so arranged as to ride behind a pin 19 which is disposed through thetoe member l transversely ofits axis, by means of which the plate 14 may be locked against movement, thereby locking the heel member 2 against rockable movement.

The plate 14 is provided with a recessed seat 20 arranged to receive a bent spring 21 the upper end of which rear side of the pin 7, so that a tension is exerted toward the heel member 2 with the result that the locking member 14 when in the position shown in Fig. 2 will be mainuntil the tension of the spring is overcome. The locking plate 14 is provided with a projecting portion 22 which extends beyond the plane of the last, to permit rocking of the plate 14 against the tension of the spring 21. The plate 14 is further provided with a guiding edge 23 forming a continuation of the locking edge 18 which rides behind the pin 19.

With the parts as shown'in Fig. 2 and the last being inside of'a shoe, to remove the same without disturbing the lining or distorting the shape of the shoe, the handle 22 is pressed toward the left hand carrying the heel member 2 and through leaving its forward end projectbears against the thereof with relation to the looking edge 18 the le 13. Pressure can then b toe '1 'J "creed so that the pin 19 tr slot 12 until the parts shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a last comprising a toe member and a heel member, of a connecting member fixed to and extending from the heel member to the toe member, securing 'members extendingtransversely through the toe member and said connecting member, a pivotally'mounted locking member adapted to co-act with the securing members'and a spring adapted to maintain the parts/locked while in one position.

2. A last comprising a toe member, a heel. member, a connecting member fixed on and extending from the heel member to the toe member, securing members extending transversely through the toe member and the connecting member, a locking member pivoted to the connecting member and adapted to coact with the securing members, and a spring carried by the locking member arranged to bear on the locking member for the purpose set forth. I I

3. A last comprising a heel member, a fixed locking member disposed longitudinally I of said heel member and provided with a pair of slots, a movablelocking'memher pivoted to the heel member 'and provided with an opening and a locking edge, a. toe member arranged to receive said looking members, and a pair of pins disposed in said toe member, one of said pins being arranged to extend through said opening in ing a separable toe member and a heel mem tne movable locking member and one-of the in the fixed locking member'and the a of said pinsbeing arranged to extend "r u h the other'slot in the fixed locking member and to cotiperate with said locking edge on movable locking member. v

a A last comprising a heel member, a toe member, the adgacent wail of said toeand her, the adjacent end Walls of the toe and heel members having vertical slots, of a plate rigidly secured within the vertical slot of-the heel member and having its opposite end extending Within the vertical slot Within the toe member, laterallyextending pins arranged within the toe member and adapted to travel, within slots formed in said plate, a second plate pivotally mounted within the vertical slot of the heel member,

one end of said second mentioned plate having a locking edge projecting within the vertical slot of the toe member, a leaf spring operatively connected with said second mentioned plate and a handle carried by said second mentioned plate for actuating the same substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

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